Commonwealth & Holland Village Heritage Tour by My Community

To continue from my previous post, I'm pleased to make the acquaintance of Kwek Li Yong from My Community when he invited me to the media preview of the Commonwealth and Holland Village guided tour that will be launched in April 2016. The tour covers the following heritage sites:

1. Chip Bee Gardens
2. Holland Village
3. Former Eng Wah Theatres
4. Former Kampong Holland Mosque
5. Holland Drive Neighbourhood Centre
6. Shuang Long Shan Wu Shu Memorial Hall
7. Queenstown Lutheran Church
8. Commonwealth Crescent Neighbourhood Centre
9. The First Flatted Factory
10. MOE Heritage Centre
11. Block 85 & 86 Commonwealth Close
12. The VIP Block
13. Former Baharuddin Vocational Institute
14. Ridout Tea Garden
15. 23 Ridout Road, 2 Pierce Drive, India House

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Friends of My Community

I have been invited by Kwek Li Yong to the media preview of Commonwealth & Holland Village heritage tour on 20 March 2016. Before I pen down my experience, let me briefly introduce Li Yong and his heritage group My Community; and also put a blurb on their volunteer programme.

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First post in 2016

Hello, I'm back!

After a long hiatus of 2 years 2 months, decided to revive Second Shot and resume blogging and second shot photography.

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Days of Rage - Nadra

Last Sunday I was having dinner halfway when she interrupted me from the TV, "look it is Maria, the Dutch girl". Channel NewsAsia was premiering Episode 1 of Days of Rage which was on the Maria Hertogh riot.

What a coincidence! You see, I had with me two library books on the topic that day and the riot, which we have studied in "national education" and history lessons, happens to be my research interest recently. In fact I had contemplated to bring with me one of the books to Indonesia when we pulang kampung but decided not to. Both books are thick, unlike the typical paperback for holiday reading. In any event I finished both books - The Nadra Tragedy by Haja Maideen and Natrah by Fatini Yaacob - after I returned to Singapore.

PS: Episode 1 on the Maria Hertogh riot can be viewed from the official site.

A Mini National Theatre at Tank Road

I read on Facebook that Prof Lai had dug into his pockets to put up an installation for the Singapore Biennale 2013, a chibi version of the National Theatre demolished some years ago. When it was first announced and photos up, the exact location was not specified; photos showed a "clean surrounding" (park in the foreground, condo in the background), quite unlike the construction ongoing at Fort Canning station, the old location of the National Theatre and where I thought the installation would be.

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